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communism

[kom-yuh-niz-uhm] / ˈkɒm yəˌnɪz əm /


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It's a familiar story in his country where, since the fall of communism in 1991, about 40% of the population has emigrated to find a better life.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

The State Department, meanwhile, deployed jazz diplomacy and other cultural outreach programs to project, in a carefully curated way, an image of American diversity as a weapon against communism and authoritarian regimes.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan and John Paul II developed a coordinated strategy focused on fighting Soviet expansion, undermining communism in Eastern Europe, supporting the Solidarity movement in Poland and promoting human rights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

The author emphasizes that by the 1950s, approximately 90% of Cuba’s mines were owned by U.S. companies, demonstrating a longstanding pattern of American economic domination that predated the rise of Fidel Castro and communism.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

Secretary Baker was making his first visit to see this crumbled monument to Soviet communism.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman




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